Vigay.com Digital Photo Gallery: 5th June 2004

60th Anniversary D-Day Celebrations - 5th June 2004

The 60th Anniversary D-Day celebrations in Portsmouth. We sat on the grassy bank between the old sea defences and the Garrison Church, Old Portsmouth. There were thousands of people present and we had a good view of the Flotilla leaving the harbour.
I've uploaded all the photos I took, rather than spend time sorting them all out. Therefore some may be blurred or lower quality. Click on the thumbnails below in order to see the larger (1024x768) images.
The original (2048x1536), high quality versions are available from Paul.


	HMS Gloucester, heading the flotilla out of Portsmouth Harbour	HMS Gloucester	HMS Gloucester
Brittany ferry the MV Normandie follows, carrying more than 150 veterans.	MV Normandie	MV Normandie	The French warship the Cassard
The French warship the Cassard	The French warship the Cassard	The convoy moving our towards the Solent	The French warship the Cassard
USS Ross	USS Ross	USS Ross	USS Ross heading out into the Solent
Canadian ship Charlotte Town	Canadian ship Charlotte Town	Canadian ship Charlotte Town	Royal Fleet Auxilliary ship, Wave Knight
Royal Fleet Auxilliary ship, Wave Knight	Royal Fleet Auxilliary ship, Wave Knight	Various historical vessels
			Steamship Challenger, which pulled the artificial Mulberry harbours, vital to the success of the landings.
			Two modern Royal Marines landing craft.
	One of the Spitfires, part of the flypast from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight.




		A Lancaster bomber flanked by two Spitfires

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